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Steve Knowles sent us a batch of superb photos from this morning's King of the Harbour race in Auckland, New Zealand, where Tim Jacobs won in emphatic style!
 Tim Jacobs - King of the Harbour 2008! (Pic: www.sportzhub.com)
Commentary - Ian Ferguson
I also caught up with Ian Ferguson, our water-borne commentator as he was leaving the prize-giving ceremony. He said that the race had gone extremely well.
"There were twice as many prizes as people!" he said, "All the international guys got a traditional Maori carving; the prize money was good; everyone got something."
Portaging
During the live commentary the escort boat wasn't able to see the channel on the other side of Rangitoto Island so we were unaware that there had been a portage required of the paddlers.
 The tide was out! Portaging behind Rangitoto (Pic: www.sportzhub.com)
"The tide wasn't quite in," said Ian. "That's when Mike Walker lost out, he wasn't as fast as the Aussies in the running and he couldn't catch up.
"The last half of the race was a great downwind."
Correction to Commentary
There was a certain amount of confusion in the commentary - Nick Holt was misidentified as Ian Gray! And by checking the photos we can see that it was actually Caine Eckstein who beat his training partner Jeremy Cotter into third position.
Jeremy lead until the last third of the race, then seemed to hit the wall when Tim Jacobs made his beautifully timed burst away. Caine, who had been lying third, then came through to beat Jeremy to the finish.
So - the unofficial results are:
- Tim Jacobs (Aus)
- Caine Eckstein (Aus)
- Jeremy Cotter (Aus)
- Mike Walker (NZ)
- Nick Holt (Aus)
- Lewis Laughlin (Tah)
- Simon McLarin (NZ)
And of course, Katie Pocock won the women's race.
Photos
Courtesy of Steve Knowles of http://www.sportzhub.com/ - head over to his site to see approx 200 more photos as well as video footage!
Video
The race featured on New Zealand TV. Click here for the video clip.
Results
Long Course
|
Bib
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Name
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Country
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Pos
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Finish Time
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Category
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Cat Pos
|
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4
|
TIM JACOBS
|
AUS
|
1
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01:59:59
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OPEN MEN
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1
|
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43
|
CAINE ECKSTEIN
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AUS
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2
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02:01:04
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OPEN MEN
|
2
|
|
42
|
JEREMY COTTER
|
AUS
|
3
|
02:02:02
|
OPEN MEN
|
3
|
|
16
|
MIKE WALKER
|
NZ
|
4
|
02:03:15
|
OPEN MEN
|
4
|
|
45
|
NICK HOLT
|
AUS
|
5
|
02:03:33
|
OPEN MEN
|
5
|
|
26
|
LEWIS LAUGHLIN
|
TAH
|
6
|
02:04:42
|
OPEN MEN
|
6
|
|
19
|
SIMON MCLARIN
|
NZ
|
7
|
02:07:47
|
VET MEN
|
1
|
|
17
|
IAN GRAY
|
RSA
|
8
|
02:09:14
|
OPEN MEN
|
7
|
|
59
|
PAUL WILFORD
|
NZ
|
9
|
02:09:44
|
VET MEN
|
2
|
|
53
|
ERIC DEANE
|
TAH
|
10
|
02:10:45
|
OPEN MEN
|
8
|
|
44
|
ROB NICOL
|
NZ
|
11
|
02:12:15
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VET MEN
|
3
|
|
29
|
GARREN COOPER
|
NZ
|
12
|
02:12:18
|
VET MEN
|
4
|
|
24
|
TIM GRAMMER
|
NZ
|
13
|
02:13:18
|
VET MEN
|
5
|
|
51
|
LEOPOLD TEPA
|
TAH
|
14
|
02:14:39
|
OPEN MEN
|
9
|
|
23
|
SIMON GREENWOOD
|
NZ
|
15
|
02:14:39
|
VET MEN
|
6
|
|
46
|
ROBBIE FORD
|
NZ
|
16
|
02:15:09
|
OPEN MEN
|
10
|
|
54
|
TEVA MOORIA
|
TAH
|
17
|
02:16:07
|
OPEN MEN
|
11
|
|
49
|
TAMAS PINTER
|
NZ
|
18
|
02:17:02
|
OPEN MEN
|
12
|
|
55
|
HEINERE ITCHNER
|
TAH
|
19
|
02:17:33
|
OPEN MEN
|
13
|
|
13
|
GILLES GUEDIKIAN
|
TAH
|
20
|
02:18:29
|
VET MEN
|
7
|
|
57
|
BRENDON DAVEY
|
NZ
|
21
|
02:18:54
|
OPEN MEN
|
14
|
|
14
|
SENE GAETAN
|
TAH
|
22
|
02:20:05
|
OPEN MEN
|
15
|
|
1
|
GAVIN ELMIGER
|
NZ
|
23
|
02:22:35
|
OPEN MEN
|
16
|
|
8
|
KATIE POCOCK
|
NZ
|
24
|
02:22:53
|
OPEN FEMALE
|
1
|
|
60
|
JEREMY KUGGELEIJN
|
NZ
|
25
|
02:25:13
|
OPEN MEN
|
17
|
|
52
|
BILL BARFF
|
TAH
|
26
|
02:25:33
|
VET MEN
|
8
|
|
22
|
DAVID GUNN
|
NZ
|
27
|
02:29:14
|
VET MEN
|
9
|
|
12
|
RICHARD EADIE
|
AUS
|
28
|
02:30:14
|
VET MEN
|
10
|
|
50
|
RUA IVAN COLE
|
NZ
|
29
|
02:30:51
|
OPEN MEN
|
18
|
|
27
|
SVEN HANSEN
|
NZ
|
30
|
02:31:01
|
VET MEN
|
11
|
|
56
|
FILMIN TEMAIANA
|
TAH
|
31
|
02:31:04
|
VET MEN
|
12
|
|
30
|
PAUL GILLARD
|
NZ
|
32
|
02:31:09
|
VET MEN
|
13
|
|
34
|
ROB KAIWAI
|
NZ
|
33
|
02:31:57
|
VET MEN
|
14
|
|
2
|
TOM JACKA
|
NZ
|
34
|
02:32:12
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U20 MEN
|
1
|
|
21
|
DAVE CHAMBERS
|
NZ
|
35
|
02:32:59
|
VET MEN
|
15
|
|
40
|
DAMIAN MUNRO
|
NZ
|
36
|
02:34:42
|
OPEN MEN
|
19
|
|
32
|
ROB NEILSON
|
NZ
|
37
|
02:35:57
|
VET MEN
|
16
|
|
37
|
SAM NEWLANDS
|
NZ
|
38
|
02:37:45
|
U20 MEN
|
2
|
|
9
|
TRACY WILSON
|
NZ
|
39
|
02:38:17
|
VET FEMALE
|
1
|
|
20
|
CRAIG MCLEOD
|
NZ
|
40
|
02:39:25
|
OPEN MEN
|
20
|
|
18
|
JOHN SULLIVAN
|
NZ
|
41
|
02:39:50
|
VET MEN
|
17
|
|
61
|
DENE SIMPSON
|
NZ
|
42
|
02:41:40
|
VET FEMALE
|
2
|
|
47
|
ANDREW CZAR
|
NZ
|
43
|
02:44:09
|
VET MEN
|
18
|
|
6
|
MARK VAN DEN ANKER
|
NZ
|
44
|
02:47:32
|
VET MEN
|
19
|
|
33
|
GREG ALLEN
|
NZ
|
45
|
02:49:34
|
VET MEN
|
20
|
|
11
|
DAVID LOUGHLIN
|
NZ
|
46
|
02:50:30
|
VET MEN
|
21
|
|
36
|
CHRIS PIGGOTT
|
NZ
|
47
|
02:52:36
|
VET MEN
|
22
|
|
41
|
DUNCAN BUCHANAN
|
NZ
|
48
|
02:54:50
|
U20 MEN
|
3
|
|
15
|
CARLOS PEREDA GOMEZ
|
SPA
|
49
|
02:56:40
|
VET MEN
|
23
|
|
58
|
JOHN LAND
|
NZ
|
50
|
02:59:23
|
VET MEN
|
24
|
|
10
|
PIERRE CHEMALY
|
NZ
|
51
|
03:02:03
|
VET MEN
|
25
|
|
38
|
ROB AITKEN
|
NZ
|
52
|
03:10:41
|
OPEN MEN
|
21
|
|
39
|
RYAN CASTLE
|
NZ
|
53
|
03:10:42
|
OPEN MEN
|
22
|
|
62
|
LAWRENCE JOHNSON
|
NZ
|
54
|
03:25:32
|
VET MEN
|
26
|
|
5
|
BEN DARBY
|
NZ
|
55
|
03:27:58
|
OPEN MEN
|
23
|
|
7
|
JASON POCOCK
|
NZ
|
|
|
OPEN MEN
|
|
|
25
|
BERNIE MURCH
|
NZ
|
|
|
OPEN FEMALE
|
|
|
28
|
CLAYTON WIKAIRA
|
NZ
|
|
|
OPEN MEN
|
|
|
35
|
MARK MALAKI-WILLIAMS
|
NZ
|
|
|
OPEN MEN
|
|
Short Course
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Bib
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Name
|
Country
|
Pos
|
Finish Time
|
Category
|
Cat Pos
|
|
3
|
JOHN SANDERSON
|
NZ
|
1
|
01:00:37
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VET MEN
|
1
|
|
48
|
HUBERT STRANG
|
NZ
|
2
|
01:04:21
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VET MEN
|
2
|
|
31
|
JAMES HAWKINS
|
NZ
|
3
|
01:10:51
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VET MEN
|
3
|
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Must have been foxing at Yarra Bay
All the best for Durban, promises to be one hell of a race.